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List of battles - List of battles before AD 601 - List of battles 601-1400 - List of battles 1401-1800 - List of battles 1801-1900 - List of battles 1901-2000 - List of battles 2001-2100
See also: List of American Civil War battles
1801 to 1824
- 1801 Battle of Aboukir March 20 - British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou
- 1801 Battle of Copenhagen April 2 - Nelson defeats Danish fleet
- 1801 First Battle of Algeciras July 6 - English naval defeat by French
- 1801 Second Battle of Algeciras July 12 - English naval victory over French, Spanish
- 1803 Battle of Delhi September 16 - British forces under Gerard Lake defeat Maratha forces led by French officer Louis Bourquien
- 1803 Battle of Assaye September 23 - English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under Doulut Rao Sindhia in Deccan
- 1803 Battle of Laswari November 1 - Lake defeats Marathas near Agra
- 1803 Battle of Vertières November 18 - Haitians defeat French in last battle of war of independence.
- 1803 Battle of Argaon November 28 - Wellesley defeats Sindhia
- 1804 Battle of Farrukhabad November 17 - Lake defeats Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar
- 1805 Battle of Ulm October 17 - Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich
- 1805 Battle of Trafalgar October 21 - Horatio Nelson defeats Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed
- 1805 Battle of Caldiero October 30 - French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles
- 1805 Battle of Austerlitz December 2 - Napoleon defeats combined Austrian, Russian forces
- 1806 Battle of Jena and Battle of Auerstedt October 14 - Davout, Napoleon defeat Prussians in separate battles
- 1806 Battle of Pultusk December 26 - indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians
- 1807 Battle of Eylau February 8 - Napoleon fights a hard-won bloodbath with Russians, first major check of the Grand Armee.
- 1807 Battle of Heilsberg June 10 - Napoleon repulses Russian attack
- 1807 Battle of Friedland June 14 - Napoleon decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen
- 1807 Battle of Lemnos June 30 - Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Turks in Aegean
- 1807 Second Battle of Copenhagen September 2-7 - British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart destroy Danish fleet
- 1808 Battle of Revolax April 27 - Swedish force defeats Russians camped in Finnish town
- 1808 Battle of Pulkkila May 2 - Swedish force annihilates Russian force in Finland
- 1808 Battle of Bailen July 23 - Gen. Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces
- 1808 Battle of Vimeiro August 21 - English, Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley defeat French under Junot
- 1808 Moonlight Raid November 10 - Swedish force under Gen. Sandels engage Russians near Virtabro in middle of night
- 1809 Battle of Corunna January 16 - French defeat Sir John Moore in Peninsular War
- 1809 Battle of Ciudad-Real March 27 - French forces under General Sabastiani defeat a Spanish army commanded by General Cartojal.
- 1809 Battle of Sacile April 16 - French forces under Eugene de Beauharnais defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John
- 1809 Battle of Abensberg April 19-20 - Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles
- 1809 Battle of Landeshut April 21 - Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller
- 1809 Battle of Eckmühl April 22 - Napoleon defeats Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria
- 1809 Battle of Regensburg April 23 - Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action
- 1809 Battle of Oporto May 12 - Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult, drives French from city
- 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling May 21-22 - Napoleon's first attempt to cross Danube near Vienna results in serious check by Austrians under Archduke Charles
- 1809 Battle of Wagram July 5-6 - Napoleon defeats Austrians of Archduke Charles at great cost, ending war
- 1809 Battle of Talavera de la Reina July 28 - Wellesley defeats forces of Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington
- 1809 Battle of Ratan and Sävar August 17-22 - Gen. Wachtmeister engage Russians near Umeå
- 1809 Battle of Ocana November 19 - Spanish forces under Areizago crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult
- 1810 Battle of Buçaco (or Busaco) September 27 - Wellington repulses attacks from Masséna, withdraws into Lines of Torres Vedras
- 1811 Battle of Fuentes de Onoro May 5 - Wellington, Masséna fight drawn battle
- 1811 Battle of Albuera May 16 - British under Gen. Beresford defeat Marshal Soult
- 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe November 7 - William Henry Harrison (US) defeats Tecumseh and Shawnee
- 1811 Battle of Tarifa
- 1812 Battle of Ostrowo July 12 - Grande Armée invades Russia and gets sick, horses, too
- 1812 First Battle of Sackett's Harbor July 19 - US turns back British naval attack
- 1812 Battle of Salamanca July 22 - Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return
- 1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn August 15 - Fort burned by Indians
- 1812 Battle of Smolensk August 16-17 - Russians under Peter Bagration, de Tolley defeated and retreat
- 1812 Battle of Valutino August 19 - Another failed defensive effort from Russians
- 1812 Battle of Nova Scotia August 19 - Isaac Hull's USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerrière
- 1812 Battle of Borodino September 7 - Kutuzov retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow
- 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights October 13 - US forces under Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed
- 1812 Battle of Virginia October 18 - Jacob Jones' USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic
- 1812 Battle of Maloyaroslavets October 24 - Russians under Docturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat
- 1812 Battle of Madeira October 25 - Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
- 1812 Battle of Aslanduz October 31 - Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza.
- 1812 Battle of Krasnoi November 16-17 - Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Michel Ney
- 1812 Battle of the Beresina November 26-28 - French successfully cross river, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia
- 1812 Battle of Brazil December 29 - Bainbridge's USS Constitution destroys HMS Java
- 1813 Battle of River Raisin January 22 - British Gen. Proctor defeats Kentucky militia
- 1813 Battle of Guiana February 24 - Lawrence's USS Hornet sinks HMS Peacock
- 1813 Battle of Mobile April 15 - Wilkinson captures Spanish
- 1813 Battle of York April 27 - Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, burn capital
- 1813 Battle of Lützen May 2 - Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein
- 1813 Battle of Bautzen May 20-21 - Napoleon defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence
- 1813 Battle of Ft. George May 27 - Lt. Col. Winfield Scott captures British fort
- 1813 Second Battle of Sackett's Harbor May 28-29 - US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
- 1813 Battle of Boston Harbor June 1 - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
- 1813 Battle of Stoney Creek June 6 - British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat US force three times its size under William Winder, John Chandler
- 1813 Battle of Vittoria June 21 - Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France
- 1813 Battle of Sorauren July 26-August 1 - Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across Pyrenees
- 1813 Battle of Great Britain August 14 - HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus
- 1813 Battle of Dresden August 26-27 - Napoleon's last major victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg
- 1813 Battle of Kulm August 29-30 - Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by Allied forces
- 1813 September 3 - USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast
- 1813 Battle of Dennewitz September 6 - Bernadotte, Bülow defeat Ney
- 1813 Battle of Lake Erie September 10 - Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours"
- 1813 Battle of the Thames October 5 - US troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Proctor; Tecumseh killed
- 1813 Battle of Leipzig October 16-October 19 - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon suffers his greatest defeat ever in the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars
- 1813 Battle of Chateauguay October 25 - US forces under Gen. Wade Hampton fight indecisive battle with British, withdraw from Canada
- 1813 Battle of Hanau October 30-31 - Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat
- 1813 Battle of Tallasahatchee November 3 - US forces under Andrew Jackson defeat Creek
- 1813 Battle of Talladega November 9 - Jackson defeats Creek
- 1813 Battle of Crysler's Farm November 11 - US forces under James Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under J.W. Morrison
- 1813 Battle of Bari
- 1814 Battle of Brienne January 29 - Napoleon defeats Blücher's Prussians
- 1814 Battle of La Rothiere February 1 - French under Napoleon manage to hold back an overwhelming force of Prussians until nightfall, where then they withdraw from the feild.
- 1814 Battle of Chanpaubert February 10 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
- 1814 Battle of Montmirail February 11 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
- 1814 Battle of Chateau Thierry February 12 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
- 1814 Battle of Vauchamps February 14 - Napoleon defeats a much smaller force of Russians
- 1814 Battle of Montereau February 18 - Napoleon defeats Schwarzenberg
- 1814 Battle of Bar-sur-Aube February 27 - Schwarzenberg defeats Marshal Macdonald
- 1814 Battle of Orthez February 27 - Wellington defeats French under Soult near Bayonne
- 1814 Battle of Craonne March 7 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
- 1814 Battle of Laon March 9-10 - Blücher defeats Napoleon
- 1814 Battle of Rheims March 13 - Napoleon defeats isolated Prussian corps
- 1814 Battle of Arcis sur Aube March 20-21 - Schwarzenberg defeats Napoleon
- 1814 Battle of La Fere Chanpenoise March 25 - Schwarzenberg defeats corps of Marmont, Mortier
- 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend March 27 - Jackson decisively defeats Creek
- 1814 Battle of Chile March 28 - Porter's USS Essex surrenders to HMS Phoebe, HMS Cherub
- 1814 Battle of Montmartre March 30 - Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba
- 1814 Battle of La Colle Mill March 30 - US forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Jacob Brown, with assistance of Winfield Scott
- 1814 Battle of Toulouse April 10 - Wellington defeats Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication
- 1814 Battle of Florida April 29 - USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier
- 1814 June 28 - USS Wasp destroys HMS Reindeer in battle in English Channel
- 1814 Battle of Chippewa July 5 - US forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeat British under Phineas Riall
- 1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane July 25 - Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle
- 1814 Battle of Bladensburg August 24 - British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington
- 1814 September 1 - USS Wasp sinks HMS Avon
- 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburg September 11 - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie. Same day, US land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Alexander Macomb
- 1814 Battle of North Point September 12 - Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry
- 1814 Battle of Ft. McHenry September 12 - Fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner"
- 1814 Battle of Ft. Erie September 17 - US forces try to break siege of fort, but fail
- 1815 Battle of New Orleans January 8 - Jackson defeats British army of Pakenham, as news of Treaty of Ghent signed in December, not yet arrived
- 1815 Battle of Tolentino May 2 - Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in Hundred Days, defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom
- 1815 Battle of Quatre Bras June 16 - Ney fights indecisive battle against Wellington
- 1815 Battle of Ligny June 16 - Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher
- 1815 Battle of Waterloo June 18 - The Clash of the Titans: Emperor Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington square off in the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars. A "Damn near-run thing", with the Prussians and British just barely suppressing the final fight of the French Military Machine.
- 1815 Battle of Wavre June 18 - Marshal Grouchy, assigned to prevent Blücher from joining Wellington, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard
- 1817 Battle of Chacabaco February 12 - Chile free from Spain
- 1817 Battle of Mahidput December 21 - British forces under Sir Thomas Hyslop defeat Marathas under Holkar
- 1821 Battle of Rieti March 7 - Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand I
- 1821 Battle of Novara April 8 - Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries
- 1822 Battle of Pichincha May 24 - Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito
- 1822 Battle of Chios June 18-June 19 - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
- 1822 Battle of Karpenizi August 21 - Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat Turkish force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Turkish troops besieging Messolonghi
1825 to 1849
- 1825 Battle of Danubyu April 2 - British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed
- 1825 Battle of Prome November 30-December 2 - Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed
- 1826 Battle of Ganja Russia defeats Persian invaders
- 1827 Battle of Huzaingo February 20 - Brazil defeats Argentina, Uruguay
- 1827 Battle of Navarino October 20 - Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off Greek coast
- 1828 Battle of Akhalzic August 27 - Russian troops under Paskievich defeat Turks in Caucasus
- 1828 Battle of Praia Bay August 28 - Miguelite fleet in Portugal defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria in Azores
- 1829 Battle of Kulevicha June 11 - Russian troops under Diebitsch-Zabalkansky defeat Ottomans under Reshid Pasha in Balkans
- 1831 Battle of Grochow February 20 - Polish troops under Prince Radziwill defeat Russians under Diebitsch
- 1831 Battle of Ostroleka May 26 - Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Jan Skrzynecki
- 1831 Battle of Warsaw September 6-8 - Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt
- 1832 Battle of Bad Axe August 2 - Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox
- 1832 Battle of Konya December 21 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Turkish army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia
- 1833 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833) July 5 - British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
- 1834 Battle of Santarén May 16 - Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat forces of usurper Don Miguel
- 1836 Battle of the Alamo February 23 - General Santa Anna defeats Texans. Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege
- 1836 Battle of Coleto March 19 - Col. James Fannin and Texans defeated and captured by Mexicans of General Jose de Urrea. Later massacred by Santa Anna.
- 1836 Battle of San Jacinto April 21 - Texans capture Santa Anna
- 1836 Battle of Terapegui April 26 - Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign Legion, defeat Carlists near Pamplona
- 1837 Battle of Huesca March 24 - Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists in Spain
- 1837 Battle of Lake Okechobee December 25 - US forces under Zachary Taylor defeat Seminoles
- 1838 Battle of Blood River December 16 - Voortrekker force under Andries Pretorius defeat Zulu force under King Dingane in Natal
- 1839 Battle of Nezib June 24 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Turks under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Helmuth von Moltke)
- 1840 Battle of Magango January - Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane
- 1841 Battle of Canton May 24 - British amphibious assault captures city
- 1842 Battle of Kabul (1842) January 6 - Afghan forces force British to withdraw from city, which they had occupied for two and a half years
- 1843 Battle of Smala May 10 - French forces under Duc d'Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el Kader
- 1843 Battle of Miani February 17 - British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat forces of Baluchis in Sind
- 1843 Battle of Hyderabad March - Napier defeats Baluchis in Sind
- 1844 Battle of Isly August 14 - French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Abd el Kader
- 1845 Battle of Ohaeawai - British Army attacks Maori Pa, but fortifications too strong
- 1845 Battle of Mudki December 18 - Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Sir Hugh Gough
- 1845 Battle of Ferozeshah December 21-22 - British forces under Gough and Hardinge, Governor-General, defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle
- 1846 Battle of Aliwal January 28 - Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh defeated by British under Sir Harry Smith
- 1846 Battle of Sobraon February 10 - British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs, and Punjab becomes British protectorate
- 1846 Battle of Palo Alto May 8 - US Gen. Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans under Mariano Arista
- 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma May 9 - Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans
- 1846 Battle of Monterrey September 20-September 24 - Mexicans under Pedro de Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle
- 1846 Battle of Los Angeles August 13 - US briefly captures Los Angeles
- 1846 Battle of Santa Fe August 18 Kearney occupies Santa Fe
- 1846 Battle of San Pascual December 6 - Stephen Kearny fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans in California
- 1847 Battle of San Gabriel January 8 - Kearny defeats main Mexican force in California near Los Angeles
- 1847 Battle of the Mesa January 9 - Kearny defeats Mexicans in climactic battle of Californian campaign
- 1847 Battle of the Sacramento River February 28 - US forces under Alexander Doniphan defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua
- 1847 Battle of Buena Vista February 22-23 - Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans
- 1847 Battle of Vera Cruz March 27 - Scott takes port city
- 1847 Battle of Cerro Gordo April 18 - Scott defeats Santa Anna
- 1847 Battle of Contreras August 20 - Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City
- 1847 Battle of Churubusco August 20 - Another US force storms other main Mexican position defending capital
- 1847 Battle of Molino del Rey September 8 - Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle
- 1847 Battle of Chapultepec September 12 - Scott takes fortified hill by storm in climactic battle of war
- 1848 Battle of Custozza July 24-25 - Austrian forces under Marshal Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert
- 1848 Battle of Boomplaats August 29 - British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area
- 1848 Battle of Pakozd September 29 - Hungarian forces defeat Austrian army of Count Jellachich
- 1848 Battle of Schwechat October 30 - Hungary
- 1848 Battle of Ramnagar November 22 - British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab
- 1848 Battle of Mór December 30 - Hungary - Windisch-Gratz defeats a Hungarian detachment under Percel Mor
- 1849 Battle of Chilianwala January 13 - British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal
- 1849 Battle of Gujarat February 21 - Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs
- 1849 Battle of Kapolna February 26-27 - Hungarian forces under Henry Dembinski defeated by Austrians under Prince Windischgrätz
- 1849 Battle of Novara March 23 - Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace
- 1849 Battle of Segesbar July 31 - Hungarian forces under Jozef Bem defeated by Russians, Austrians under general Luders and general Dick
- 1849 Battle of Temesvar Aug 9 - Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Görgei, Bem in final battle of war
- 1849 Battle of Chillanwalla - British defeat Sikhs
- 1849 Battle of Gujarat - British defeat Sikhs, Punjab annexed
1850 to 1874
- 1862 Battle of Fort Henry February 6 - Ulysses S. Grant takes fort from west
- 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson February 16 - Grant takes fort
- 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge March 7 - Missouri saved for Union
- 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads March 9 - Monitor defeats Merrimac
- 1862 Battle of Glorieta March 27
- 1862 Battle of Shiloh April 6 - Rebel A. S. Johnston loses to Grant
- 1862 Battle of Island No. 10 April 8 - Union victory by Pope
- 1862 Battle of Ft. Pulaski April 11 - Union takes fort
- 1862 Battle of Puebla May 5 - Cinco de Mayo - Mexicans defeat French
- 1862 Battle of Whitney's Lane May 19 - Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted
- 1862 Battle of Seven Pines May 31 - J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive
- 1862 Seven Days Battle June 26 - Robert E. Lee ends Peninsular Campaign of George McClellan
- 1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain July 30 - Jackson defeats Union
- 1862 Battle of Baton Rouge August 5
- 1862 Battle of Aspromonte August 29 - Italian royal forces defeat rebels
- 1862 Battle of 2nd Bull Run, or Second Manassas August 30 - Jackson, Lee, Longstreet defeat Pope
- 1862 - Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - August 30 - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union army under Gen. Horatio Wright
- 1862 Battle of Antietam September 17 - McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war
- 1862 Battle of Perryville October 8 - Buell v. Bragg, indecisive
- 1862 Battle of Prairie Grove December 7 - Union secures NW Arkansas
- 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg December 13 - Lee routs Burnside
- 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro January 2 - Forces fight to draw
- 1863 Battle of Arkansas Post January 9 - Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River
- 1863 Battle of Port Gibson May 1 - in Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats rebels
- 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville May 2 - Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed
- 1863 Battle of Jackson May 14 - Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston
- 1863 Battle of Champion's Hill ("Big Black River") May 16 - Grant defeats rebels
- 1863 Battle of Brandy Station June 9 - Pleasonton surprises Jeb Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps near Brandy Station
- 1863 Battle of Gettysburg July 1-July 3 - Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's charge fails
- 1863 Battle of Vicksburg July 4 - siege from May 22 ends, Grant anointed "Unconditional Surrender"
- 1863 Battle of Helena July 4 - Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union
- 1863 Battle of Port Hudson July 8 - last rebel stronghold on Mississippi surrenders
- 1863 Battle of Chattanooga September 9 - Rosecrans forces Bragg to evacuate rebel troops
- 1863 Battle of Chickamauga September 19 - Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga"
- 1864 Battle of Meridian January 14 - Sherman occupies town and destroys things
- 1864 Battle of Olustee February 20 - Union can't take Florida
- 1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads LA April 8 - Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by rebels
- 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow April 12 - N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers
- 1864 Battle of Poison Spring April 18 - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred
- 1864 Battle of Marks' Mill 25 April - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
- 1864 Battle of Jenkins' Ferry 30 April - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
- 1864 Battle of the Wilderness May 5 - Grant and Lee meet inconclusively
- 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 8 - Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer"
- 1864 Battle of Resaca May 13 - Sherman defeats Johnston
- 1864 Battle of New Market May 15 - Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz Sigel from advance up Shenandoah Valley
- 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor June 3 - Lee repulses Grant, rebel general says "This is not war, this is murder"
- 1864 Battle of Piedmont June 5 - Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley
- 1864 Battle of Brices Crossroads June 10 - N.B. Forrest routes Union force almost three times as large
- 1864 Battle of Petersburg June 15 - Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond
- 1864 Battle of Cherbourg France June 19 - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
- 1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain June 27 - Johnston repulses Sherman
- 1864 Battle of Monocacy Junction July 9 - Union Gen. Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC
- 1864 Battle of the Crater
- 1864 Battle of Atlanta July 22 - Sherman turns back Hood
- 1864 Battle of Petersburg July 30 - Burnside loses Battle of the Crater
- 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay August 23 - David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"
- 1864 Battle of Atlanta September 2 - Sherman occupies Atlanta from Hood
- 1864 Battle of Winchester September 19 - Sheridan defeats Early
- 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek October 19 - Sheridan defeats Early, drives rebels from Shenandoah Valley
- 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea November 16 - Sherman lays waste to South
- 1864 Battle of Franklin November 30 - Hood attacks Thomas but loses
- 1864 Battle of Heligoland (1864) May 9
- 1865 Battle of Fort Fisher January 15 - Union takes fort
- 1865 Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina) February 22 - Last rebel port falls
- 1865 Battle of Bentonville March 13 - Sherman defeats rebels
- 1865 Battle of Fort Steadman March 25 - Lee breaks siege
- 1865 Battle of Five Forks April 1 - Sheridan routs rebels in last important battle of American Civil War
- 1865 Battle of Appomattox C.H. April 17 - Lee's forces surrounded and surrenders
- 1866 Battle of Burkersdorf June 28
- 1866 Battle of Königgratz - (Sadowa) Prussia, led by General Helmuth von Moltke, defeats Austria in Austro-Prussian War, resulting in Prussia taking over as prominent German nation from Austria
- 1866 Battle of Custozza - During Austro-Prussian War
- 1866 Battle of Lissa July 20 - Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads
- 1868 Battle of Arogee April 10 - Napier's Anglo
- 1867 Battle of Big Hole - Nez Percé Indians clash with US Army
- 1870 Battle of Rezonville-Mars-la-Tour August 16
- 1870 Battle of Gravelotte-St Privat August 18
- 1870 Battle of Sedan September 1 - MacMahon's French lose to Germans, the rise of the Second Reich
- 1873 First Battle of the Stronghold January 17
1875 to 1900
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